Derived from the real black comedy

Barrett 2022-03-15 09:01:01

It is a bit cruel to call it a "comedy", think about it, so many innocent people have died! But the Coen brothers did create it as a comedy, regardless of the original material.

There are several comedy factors:

-the pregnant female police officer and her accent
-the two neurotic criminals, especially the boy with broken teeth
-the self-defeating husband
-the arrogant old man.

These factors interact. , Shake out countless cold burdens, the so-called "cold burden" is the kind that makes you think about it, and laugh alone until your stomach hurts.

However, the whole story is bleak and bleak, just like the gloomy winter weather in Fargo-specifically emphasized by the director. The director and screenwriter cleverly manipulated the sorrow and joy factors, and cleverly compiled this real case into a good show. The well-off home of the female police officer and her husband expresses a kind of warmth in the cold, in sharp contrast with those broken, utilitarian families and displaced criminals, and silently persuades others to do good.

The Coen brothers are the kind of filmmakers with infinite creativity and proficient skills, but also expressing alternative ways of slanting forward. I like it.

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Extended Reading
  • Mason 2021-10-20 18:58:43

    #重温# A kidnapping case that was seriously out of control. Good photography, weird fun, the plot can be summarized as: ya, oya~

  • Giovani 2022-03-22 09:01:03

    Out of Control Domino & Symphony of White and Red Destiny. ①The Coen brothers is another magical work full of surprises, absurdities, violence and black humor. ②McDomond’s performance is simple and superb, winning the Oscar queen | Exaggerated Minnesota accent-Oh ya? ③A bird’s eye view of the desolate snowy area and the lifting shot of the logging giant. ④ The blue and white bleak atmosphere of the ransom payment scene resembles the end of [Texas Paris]. ⑤ Pretending to be true stories, treasure hunters ridiculously die in foreign countries. (9.5/10)

Fargo quotes

  • Shep Proudfoot: [to Carl after he inadvertently put a police chief on Shep's trail who's an ex-con] Fuckin' asshole!

  • Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Mr. Lundegaard? This is Reilly Diefenbach from GMAC. How are you this morning?

    Jerry Lundegaard: [into the phone] Real good. How are you?

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Pretty good, Mr. Lundegaard. I must say, you are damn hard to get a hold of over the phone.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Well, we're pretty darn busy here, but that's the way we like it.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Well, that's for sure. The reason why I've been trying to reach you is that these last financing documents that you sent over to us... I can't read the serial numbers of the vehicles...

    Jerry Lundegaard: [getting nervous] Yah, well I already got the money. The loans are in place. I already got the...

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Yah, the 320 thousand... you got the money last month from us.

    Jerry Lundegaard: So, we're all set then.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Yah, but the vehicles that you're borrowing on, I just can't read the serial numbers on your application. Maybe if you could just read...

    Jerry Lundegaard: Yah, but the deal's already done. I've already got the money.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Yah, but we have an audit here and I just have to know that these vehicles that your financing with this money that they really exist.

    Jerry Lundegaard: [getting more nervous] Well... they exist all right.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Well, I'm pretty sure they do, but I can't read the serial numbers here. Maybe if you could read the numbers to me on the first...

    Jerry Lundegaard: Yah... well... see... I don't have them in front of me. Why don't I just fax you over a copy?

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] No, no, a fax is no good. That's what I have here and I can't read the darn thing.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Yah, I'll have my girl send you a copy then.

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] Okay, that's good. But I need to tell you that if I can't correlate these numbers with those specific vehicles, then I'm gonna have to call back all that money.

    Jerry Lundegaard: How much money did you say that was?

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] $320,000. I have to correlate that money with the cars that it's being lent on.

    Jerry Lundegaard: Okay, no problem. I'll just fax...

    Reilly Diefenbach: [voice] No, no...

    Jerry Lundegaard: I mean send it right over. I'll shoot it right over. Good bye.

    [hangs up]